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Foreign Policy of the US
Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to analyse the crucial determinants which formulate and influence the external relations of the US; acquaint and familiarize the nature and scope of US Foreign Policy, in its evolutionary trajectory; introduce students to the changing contours of a dynamic external-policy framework, vis-à-vis different regions of the globe, not to mention its policy-response to mutating thematic challenges manifesting themselves on the horizon and delineate the undercurrents, which underpin the American policy in the global realm, highlighting the forces, institutions and actors
Course Outcomes (COs):
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24MIR 323-B |
Foreign Policy of the US (Theory) |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO91: identify and analyze the various determinants of US foreign policy. CO92: trace the evolution of US foreign policy over different eras, and understand the key drivers and shifts in its approach to international affairs. CO93: analyze the United States' role and relationships within key international institutions and evaluate its contributions and challenges in these forums. CO94: assess the United States' diplomatic, economic, and strategic engagements with major and regional powers and analyze the dynamics of these relationships. CO95: examine the United States' responses to global challenges and evaluate the effectiveness of its policies and strategies in addressing these pressing concerns. CO96: Contribute effectively in course specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Determinants and Process: Constitutional and Institutional Actors; Geographical, Economical and Technological Factors; Domestic Context (Political Parties, Lobbies, Mass Media)
Evolution of the US Foreign Policy: Pre War, Post War and Post Cold War
US and International Institutions
United Nations, NATO, OAS, G7, G20, IMF/World Bank
US Engagement with Major and Regional Powers
China, Russia, India, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea
US Responses to Global Challenges
International Terrorism, NPT and Environmental Issues
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Ø Cha, V.D. (2016) Power-Play: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Ø Kalu, K and and Kieh, G. (2013) Eds. United States-Africa Security Relations: Terrorism, Regional Security and National Interests. London: Routledge.
Ø Brzezinski, Z. (2013) Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. New York: Perseus Books Group
Ø Ikenberry, J. (2012) Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Ø Bacevich, A. (2018) Ideas and American Foreign Policy: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ø Haas, R. (2017) A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order. New York: Penguin Books.
Ø Tow,W. and Stuart,D. ( 2017) The New US Strategy Towards Asia : Adapting to the American Pivot. London: Routledge
Ø Jentleson, B. (2013) American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Ø Mead, W. R. (2012) Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How it Changed the World. New York: Knopf
Ø Steil, B. and Litan, R. (2008) Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign Policy, New Haven: Yale University Press
Ø Cameron, F. (2007) US Foreign Policy after the Cold War: Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sherif ?. Washington DC: CQ Press
Ø Holsti, O. (2006) Making American Foreign Policy. London: Routledge.
Ø Chittick, W. (2006) American Foreign Policy: A Framework for Analysis: Washington D.C.: CQ Press
Ø Cameron, F. (2005) US Foreign Policy after the Cold War: Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sherif ?. New York: Routledge
Ø Bucklin, S. (2001) Realism and the American Foreign Policy: Wilsonians and the Kennan-Morgenthau Thesis. Westport: Praeger
Ø McEvoy-Levy, S. (2001) American Exceptionalism and US Foreign Policy: Public Diplomacy at the end of the Cold War. New York: Palgrave
Ø Pillar, P. (2001) Terrorism and US Foreign Policy. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press
